WVCBP in the News

The Charleston Gazette -- In West Virginia, employment in non-agricultural jobs fell for the fifth straight month, as 1,200 more jobs disappeared in June. Manufacturing, education and health services saw no employment increases last month, according to "Jobs Count," a monthly newsletter published by the West Virginia Center of Budget & Policy. Read

The Charleston Gazette -- "West Virginia has the least to lose economically by extending Bush tax cuts to millionaires," said Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. Read

The Charleston Gazette -- A report released Wednesday from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy argues that employees in the mining and construction industries who use "work sharing," a program that allows employers who need to reduce payroll costs temporarily to reduce the hours their employers work, would better weather cyclical downturns in…

The Charleston Gazette -- In a recent commentary, Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, proposes the state create a Future Fund, or a permanent mineral trust fund fed by severance taxes on the state's mineral wealth. Read

Beckley Register-Herald -- "We have a chance to do better in the 21st century with natural resources than we did in the 20th century, and make it a more permanent source of wealth so every generation will benefit from what we have here and what's leaving here," says Paul Miller of the West Virginia Center…

The State Journal -- According to a recent posting by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, coal mining employment has declined 1.5 percent over the last six months, but remains 11 percent higher than prior to the recession. Read

Charleston Daily Mail -- Ted Boettner, executive director of the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy, said the state was pulling the rug from under single mothers at the same time it was sitting on its rainy day fund and cutting taxes. Read

Williamson Daily News -- "If Congress decides to extend tax cuts then it needs to consider all tax payers, not just the wealthy," said Ted Boettner, the Executive Director with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read

Williamson Daily News -- The Mingo County Redevelopment Authority (MCRA) heard information about a possible source of revenue to be used for economic development in the state. Paul Miller, Policy Outreach Director for the West Virginia Center on Budget Policy (WVCBP), discussed creating an economic diversification trust fund in the state to take advantage of…

MetroWest Daily News -- The non-partisan West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy reports coal-mining employment has grown 7.4 percent in just the last three years. Read